Taxonomy
- Polyphaga
- Chrysomeloidea
- Chrysomelidae
- Acanthoscelides
- Acanthoscelides obtectus
Common name
Dried Bean Beetle
Images
Source: Lech Borowiec
Description
Size: 2.5-3mm
Basic colour: Brown
Pattern colour: Darker spots scattered, sometimes paler longitudinal streaks.
Number of spots: Numerous small dark spots formed by scale-like elytral pubescence.
Pronotoum: Brownish, unpatterned.
Leg colour: Brown
Basic colour: Brown
Pattern colour: Darker spots scattered, sometimes paler longitudinal streaks.
Number of spots: Numerous small dark spots formed by scale-like elytral pubescence.
Pronotoum: Brownish, unpatterned.
Leg colour: Brown
Introduced from tropical Americas, now found in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Japan. Recorded since the 1920s in Britain, mainly in south-east England.
Biology
Status: Introduced species; sparsely scattered.
Habitat: In or near stored pulses or other food or seeds.
Host plant: Various
Overwintering: Unknown, but probably capable of surviving all year in heated locations.
Food: Stored pulses or other food or seeds.
Other notes: A major pest of stored food.
Habitat: In or near stored pulses or other food or seeds.
Host plant: Various
Overwintering: Unknown, but probably capable of surviving all year in heated locations.
Food: Stored pulses or other food or seeds.
Other notes: A major pest of stored food.
Articles
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(2013), Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) (Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) in South Essex (VC 18) The Coleopterist 22(3):85